Huida is involved in the espionage case! U.S. 3 bills are expected to speed up customs clearance and further tighten controls on Chinese chips

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] U.S. lawmakers and advocates said that due to the revelation that Huida CEO Huang Renxun had an affair with a suspected Chinese intelligence officer, the United States will be more likely to pass legislation aimed at tightening China's access to AI chips.

"Reuters" reported that three chip-related measures are expected to be included in the "National Defense Authorization Act" (NDAA) for fiscal year 2027. Huang Jen-Hsun's extramarital affair and his close relationship with U.S. President Trump have heightened concerns about China's acquisition of advanced chips that may harm U.S. national security.

These measures include the AI ​​Overwatch Act, which gives Congress the power to regulate the export of advanced chips, the Chip Security Act, which requires companies to track the flow of chips to combat smuggling activities, and the Multilateral Coordinated Control of Hardware Technology Act (MATCH Act), which pushes U.S. allies to restrict the export of more chip manufacturing equipment to China.

According to a former congressional staffer who has been in direct contact with Huida for several months, Huida is considered the biggest opponent of the Chip Security Act and the Artificial Intelligence Watchdog Act. Until the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit last year related to chip smuggling, Huang and Huida insisted that no such smuggling occurred. The company said Huida does comply with export regulations.

Earlier this year, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced these three bills, and they are now included in a series of bills in the Senate's National Defense Authorization Act.

On Monday (9th), Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren and Indiana Republican Senator Jim Banks issued a joint statement saying that Huida CEO Jen-Hsun Huang admitted that he had ties to a spy suspected of working for Chinese intelligence agencies, which made the national security issue more urgent.

They added that it is time for Congress to take decisive action and pass key bills such as the Artificial Intelligence Caretaker Act in the National Defense Authorization Act, which will cut off China's access to advanced chips.

In March this year, the Senate called on the Department of Commerce to suspend or reconsider Huida’s export license to China and conduct a comprehensive safety review.

Illinois Democratic Congressman Bill Foster also expressed a similar view. After Huang Renxun's extramarital affair was exposed, Foster posted on X on Monday that Congress has the ability to prevent powerful AI chips from falling into the wrong hands and avoid further national security risks. The "Chip Security Act" co-sponsored by him and Michigan Republican Representative Bill Huizenga has passed the House committee unanimously. He said that now is the time for the bill to be finally passed.

Chris MacKenzie, a spokesman for Americans for Responsible Innovation, a Washington-based non-profit organization that supports these measures, said that the hurdle that these bills need to overcome is to obtain the support of the White House. Judging from the current situation, if the White House supports Huida in fighting Congress to restrict China's access to chips, it will pay a "high price."